Behavior vs. Score – How to Track What Actually Matters
Let’s assume you believe your organization is providing an outstanding customer experience (CX). As a consultant, the first question I would ask about that perceived CX excellence would be: How do you know? Hopefully, your “proof points” will include a blend of 4 sources: Customer Stories (received from team members and informal discussions with customers)…
There’s More to Service – 5 Ways to Help and Care (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about how to attract and keep employees. For more information on the topic, please refer to the blog. Otherwise, this infographic visually summarizes the blog’s content. To learn more about our team, please visit josephmichelli.com. To speak to me about your CX journey, please go to josephmichelli.com/contact.
There’s More to Service – 5 Ways to Help and Care
If I asked you to tell me about an outstanding service experience, you’d likely recount an interaction where a service provider “did something for you.” To ensure my clients don’t get one-dimensional in their service delivery, I’ve created a model I call “5 Ways to Serve.” I share it here to spark team conversations…
Customer Satisfaction vs Delight? Make the Choice for Business Survival
You probably don’t want to read the following sentence. Up to 75% of customers who leave your business are likely satisfied or highly satisfied with your products and services. How fair is that? Fair or otherwise, customers aren’t making purchase and loyalty decisions based on satisfaction – they choose based on emotion! Alan Zorfas and…
Customer Experiences Beset With Bows – How to Celebrate and Delight Every Time (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discuss ways to put a bow on all customer experiences. Please refer back to the blog for more detail. Otherwise, this infographic visually highlights the content of the blog.
CAIO or NO CAIO: Customer Experience Depends Upon Structuring People to Manage Information
I first heard about “it” in a Harvard Business article in 2016 and subsequently have been asked about “it” by clients and colleagues alike. “It” is yet another entrant into the C-suite. “It“ (actually a she or he) is a Chief AI Officer (CAIO). That’s right a human Chief Artifical Intelligence Officer (not a machine…
Customer Value: Expanding Across the 12 Standard Forms of Value
Great leaders often ask me to help them create “customer value”, while others ask me to help them create “profit.” For me, the only way to generate sustainable profit is by developing a core competency for customer value creation. Chasing profits is a tiring and stressful endeavor – creating value is an innovative and energizing pursuit.…